Idun Reiten facts for kids
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Idun Reiten
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| Born | 1 January 1942 (age 83) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Awards | Commander, Order of St. Olav; Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research; Humboldt Research Award |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Trondheim |
| Thesis | Trivial Extensions and Gorenstein Rings (1971) |
Idun Reiten (born in 1942) is a famous Norwegian professor of mathematics. Many people think she is one of Norway's best mathematicians ever. She has won many awards and helped many students become mathematicians too.
She is an expert in a part of math called representation theory. She also worked on tilting theory and Artin algebras, which are special types of math structures.
Idun Reiten's Career in Mathematics
Idun Reiten earned her PhD in math from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1971. She was only the second Norwegian woman to get a PhD in math!
Later, in 1982, she became a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). This university was known as the University of Trondheim back then.
Her research focuses on representation theory. This helps us understand complex math problems by breaking them into simpler parts. She also studies commutative algebra and homological algebra.
She worked with another mathematician, Maurice Auslander. Together, they created something called Auslander–Reiten theory. This theory is a big part of studying Artin algebras. It uses special ideas like 'almost-split sequences' to solve problems.
Awards and Honors for Idun Reiten
Idun Reiten has received many important awards for her math work. In 2005, she won the Humboldt Research Award. She also won the Möbius prize in 2007.
In 2009, she received the Fridtjof Nansen's award. This award is for successful researchers in math and natural sciences. She also got the Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research.
Many important groups have asked her to be a member. In 2007, she became a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She is also a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Other groups include the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters and Academia Europaea.
In 2012, she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. She was also named a special scholar at the MSRI for 2012-13.
She gave a special lecture called the Emmy Noether Lecture in 2010. This was at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in India. She was also an Invited Speaker at the ICM in 1998 in Germany.
In 2014, the King of Norway gave her a high honor. He made her a commander of the Order of St. Olav. This was "for her work as a mathematician."
A special program at NTNU is named after her. It is called IDUN: From PhD to Professor. This program helps more women become top scientists at NTNU.
See also
- Krull–Schmidt category
